White wagtail (Motacilla alba)
A mostly sunny morning with a slight N wind, feeling more like summer by late morning in sheltered areas. A few Chiffchaff singing and a Blackcap early morning in the compound and a Red admiral butterfly was seen flying around late morning. A Whinchat, a Black redstart and 8 Wheatear present on the peninsula, with a White wagtail present with the resident Pied wagtail. A Sanderling was also seen on the tide line early morning.
Sea watching produced; 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Mediterranean gull, 2 Sandwich tern, 1 Common tern, 1 Little Egret, 1 Fulmar and 1 Whimbrel, all flying north. Flying south; 5 Canada, 2 Greylag and 2 Shelduck.
21 Swallows where seen flying South and just 1 North low over the reserve.
Moth trapping: Finally larger numbers! 20 Shuttle-shaped dart, Pebble Prominent, a Tawny shears, and some micros!; Rugged Bryony Beauty (Phtheochroa rugosana) and a Musotima nitidalis (sometimes known as Golden brown fern moth).
Tawny shears (Hadena perplexa) - a pale morph that are regularly seen along SE coast, with inland examples reaching a dark brown and everything in-between, this is referred to in the scientific name with the complexity.
Bird ringing: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Robin, 1 Blackcap, 1 Linnet, 1 Reed warbler, 1 Willow warbler, 1 Whitethroat.